Word: submit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...truth-in-pack-aging measure for federal courts. "Now a sentence will mean what it says," he argues. "Before this, a life sentence really meant ten years, with time off for good behavior." The commissioners, who are to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, will submit their recommendations within 18 months...
...because of haggling over the catch-all spending bill, Senators collectively were "beginning to look like jackasses"; his Republican colleague, Wyoming's Malcolm Wallop, wondered why the Arizonan had only said "beginning." In the House, Democrat James Jones embarrassed the G.O.P. by introducing a plan requiring Presidents to submit each year a budget proposal that is in balance, along with whatever unbalanced proposal that they might consider more realistic. "Phony!" shouted Robert Walker of Pennsylvania...
...Army is also being challenged about the survivability of its Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, a cannon-equipped personnel carrier. A Pentagon memo made public past week, written by a colonel well acquainted with the vehicle, criticized the Army's failure to submit the Bradley to realistic tests. The $1.5 million vehicle is clad with aluminum armor that some critics claim would vaporize when hit by high-explosive antitank projectiles, creating a deadly fireball inside the fuel-and ammunition-laden tank. The manufacturer claims the tank's armor "does not burn when hit." So far, the Army has refused...
...limited but expanding success at prosecution, U.S. capi since the early '60s have found themselves increasingly short of manpower. The Sicilian families have provided the new blood, sending over a generation of immigrants who are very tough and far more willing than their U.S. counterparts to submit to the discipline required of anyone who joins the Mafia's underground army...
Cautiously waiting for ten years, the city finally opened bidding for its cable license in February after Cambridge voters supported referendum Question No. 2 and permitted officials to initiate the bidding process. Last July Cambridge issued state-mandated specifications to guide interested cable companies. Each franchise, must now submit its final application by October...